Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018 We present a systematic, updated checklist of larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot. This includes recent new records, with a total of approximately 834 plant species/groups belonging to ...
Ravikanthachari Nitin +5 more
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The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021 We review changes in the status of butterflies in Europe, focusing on long-running population data available for the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium, based on standardized monitoring transects.
M. Warren +8 more
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Physical and behavioral adaptations to prevent overheating of the living wings of butterflies [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 The wings of Lepidoptera contain a matrix of living cells whose function requires appropriate temperatures. However, given their small thermal capacity, wings can overheat rapidly in the sun.
Cheng-Chia Tsai +7 more
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Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 A new phylogenomic tree for butterflies is constructed using 391 genes from 2,300 species, representing 92% of genera. It suggests that butterflies originated around 100 million years ago in what is now the Americas and originally fed on Fabaceae ...
A. Kawahara +87 more
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Climate change effects on animal ecology: butterflies and moths as a case study
Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2021 Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are one of the most studied, diverse, and widespread animal groups, making them an ideal model for climate change research.
Geena M Hill +4 more
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Migration in butterflies: a global overview
Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2021 Insect populations including butterflies are declining worldwide, and they are becoming an urgent conservation priority in many regions. Understanding which butterfly species migrate is critical to planning for their conservation, because management ...
S. Chowdhury +4 more
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Butterflies of the Rocky Mountain States. Edited by Clifford D. Ferris and F. Martin Brown. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. 464 pages, incl. 4 color plates. 1981. $35.00 (cloth), $15.95 (paper). [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) The long awaited guide to the butterflies of the Rocky Mountains will be received with great delight by many lepidopterists who collect butterflies in this rugged and beautiful ...
Nielsen, M. C
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The Capability of Some Butterflies as Carriers of Common Milkweed Pollen [PDF]
, 2017 The common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L., is remarkably adapted for cross pollination by insects. Its pollen sacs (pollinia) are often found attached to the appendages of bees, wasps, butterflies, and other insects that visit milkweed for its nectar ...
Wilson, Louis F.
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Diverse nanostructures underlie thin ultra-black scales in butterflies
Nature Communications, 2020 Recently, it has been shown that animals such as jumping spiders, birds, and butterflies have evolved ultra-black coloration comparable to the blackest synthetic materials.
Alexander L. Davis +2 more
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Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Significance Lepidoptera play key roles in many biological systems. Butterflies are hypothesized to have evolved contemporaneously with flowering plants, and moths are thought to have gained anti-bat defenses in response to echolocating predatory bats ...
A. Kawahara +19 more
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